Funchal
1961
(Risawoleska RI-86)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 9,624 tons
- Dimensions: 501 x 62 x 20 ft.
- Machinery: Steam turbines, twin screw = 23 knots
- Passengers: 402
- Builder: Helsignor Skibsvaerft A/S, Denmark, 1961
- Service: Built for the Portuguese line Empresa Insulana de Navegacao of Lisboa. Used on the Lisbon-Azores-Madeira route. Reconditioned as a fulltime cruise ship in 1973, when her steam turbines were replaced by diesels. In 1974 she (along with all other surviving Portuguese liners) was transferred to CTM (Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Maritimos). Acquired by Arcalia Shipping, Panama, in 1985.
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